Robert E. Abbott Award
| ASME Unit: | Design Engineering Division (DED) |
| Date Established: | 1978 |
| Achievement: | For valued services on behalf of the Division, the Society, and the Engineering Profession |
| Limitations: | A Lifetime Service Award to recognize a Society Member or Staff Member who has served the Division beyond the call of duty |
| Nomination Deadline: | 2/22/2024 |
| Form of Award: | Glass plaque |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | Design Engineering Division |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | Nominations are submitted to the DED Honors and Awards Committee by friends and colleagues via nomination packages |
| Selecting Process: | Qualifications evaluated and voted upon by the Design Division Honors and Awards |
| Funding: | Division Custodian Account |
| Date Created: | 10/18/2000 |
| Date Modified: | 1/30/2013 |
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Winners of the Robert E. Abbott Award
| 1980 | William H. Browne |
| 1981 | Grace Abbott |
| 1982 | Saul Poliak |
| 1993 | John W. Wesner |
| 1994 | Richard A. Hirsch |
| 2001 | Philip E. Doepker |
| 2002 | Crispin Hales |
| 2005 | Steven Velinsky |
| 2008 | Kenneth J. Waldron |
| 2008 | Krishna C. Gupta |
| 2009 | Daniel J. Segalman |
| 2013 | J. Michael McCarthy |
| 2014 | Ahmed Shabana; Panos Y. Papalambros |
| 2015 | William W. (Buddy) Clark |
| 2016 | Shapour Azarm |
| 2017 | Vijay Kumar |
| 2018 | Tim Simpson |
| 2019 | Wei Chen |
| 2020 | No award given |
| 2021 | Kon-Well Wang |
| 2022 | Not awarded |
| 2023 | Not awarded |
| 2024 | Christopher D. Rahn |